GTK/Metacity window selection problem with Sylpheed

[Pete Zaitcev]

On Sun, 3 Sep 2006 18:00:52 -0700, Paul Dickson <paul at permanentmail.com> wrote:

> I'm using Sylpheed 2.2.7 (in the latest devel) which I compiled a couple
> of weeks ago (Extras only recently added it).  Whenever I go to a new
> window (either first compose window in a folder or a new summaryview
> after changing to a folder), mouse clicking it will bring the window
> forward but it won't be active (no matter how many times I click the
> window).  The window will only accept input after I click the window edge
> (I'm currently only sure of the top edge (blue bar) at the moment).
> 
> Is this a new feature in Metacity or a bug?
> 
> metacity-2.15.34-1.fc6
> gtk2-2.10.2-6.fc6

Welcome to the club
 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=205074

In the bug report above I talk at length about hardware problems on
my laptop, but in truth I noticed it first with Sylpheed too.
However, I use the old Sylpheed binary from Extras.

-- Pete